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Acacia monticola J.M.Black
Gawar

Reference
Trans.& Proc.Roy.Soc.South Australia 61:246 (1937)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Viscid shrub or tree, (0.6-)1-5(-7) m high, bark 'minni-ritchi'. Fl. yellow, Apr to Aug. Red sand, ironstone or lateritic soils, sandstone. Pindan plains, stony plains, low rocky ridges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 July 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, King Sound.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.